Hail Mary CornerDundurn, 16 paź 2001 - 209 Taut, compelling, and remarkably assured, Hail Mary Corner thrusts readers into unfamiliar territory past an emotional frontier we all must cross: the uncertain ground between adolescence and adulthood. High on a cliff above a pulp-mill town on Vancouver Island, sixteen-year-old Bill MacAvoy and his friends lead cloistered lives while other boys their age run free. it may be the fall of 1982, but inside the walls of their Benedictine seminary they inhabit a medieval world steeped in ritual and discipline--a place where blackrobed monks move like shadows between doubt and faith. Isolated from the outside, Bill and his friends develop a unique and often hilarious culture. Schooled in the virtues of sacrifice and service, they instead learn to challenge, resist, and wield power over one another's lives. On the road to certain expulsion, Bill discovers two secrets: one concerns Brother Thomas, the monk who watches his every move; the other involves his best friend, Jon. In Bill's hands these secrets prove dangerous weapons. Handled carelessly, they trigger an event that threatens to haunt him for the rest of his life. |
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... turned to the back of the church where a huge bap- tismal font bubbled holy water over granite rocks and into a little pool . The cardinal paused a moment more to make sure of what he heard . Crock , crock echoed again , announcing the ...
... turned to each other , bug - eyed with surprise , ready to laugh but not knowing where to begin . Then off came the shoes and socks and finally , at the edge of the mud , the extra - large T - shirt . Skin that white shouldn't be ...
... mid - stride I reached out just as my man turned around to see . I grabbed him by the collar and we both instantly tripped , tumbling over the mossy twigs into the tall grass . Quickly I jumped back up , 12 Brian Payton.
... turned as if he was going to let it go , then pushed Dean onto his ass and into the candles . The Romans went wild . " G - g - get in l - line , " Connor commanded . Dean got in line with the four other Christians , then I pushed mine ...
... turned out , watching us and making up dialogue as they saw my lips move . I tried to keep from looking . " How are you settling in this year ? " Father Gregory had my file out . It , and an antique fountain pen , were the only things ...
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